Engelsk navneord: demand | |||
1. | demand (om kommunikation) an urgent or peremptory request | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His demands for attention were unceasing. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | petition, postulation, request | ||
Mere specifikke termer | call, call, call, challenge, claim, insistence, insisting, margin call, pay claim, requisition, ultimatum, wage claim | ||
2. | demand (om proces) the ability and desire to purchase goods and services | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips. The demand exceeded the supply. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | economic process | ||
Mere specifikke termer | consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | supply | ||
3. | demand (om erkendelse) required activity | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The requirements of his work affected his health. There were many demands on his time. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | requirement | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | duty, obligation, responsibility | ||
4. | demand (om handling) the act of demanding | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | activity | ||
Mere specifikke termer | claim, exaction | ||
5. | demand (om tilstand) a condition requiring relief | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She satisfied his need for affection. God has no need of men to accomplish His work. There is a demand for jobs. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | need | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | condition, status | ||
Mere specifikke termer | deficiency, lack, necessity, want | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: demand | |||
1. | demand (om kommunikation) request urgently and forcefully | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The victim's family is demanding compensation. The boss demanded that he be fired immediately. She demanded to see the manager. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They demand to move | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | bespeak, call for, quest, request | ||
Mere specifikke termer | ask, ask, clamor, clamour, dun, expect, require, want | ||
2. | demand (om tilstand) require as useful, just, or proper | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It takes nerve to do what she did. Success usually requires hard work. This job asks a lot of patience and skill. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice. This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s something | ||
Mere specifikke termer | claim, compel, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, govern, take | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | claim, exact, take | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | obviate, rid of, eliminate | ||
3. | demand (om kommunikation) claim as due or just | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The bank demanded payment of the loan. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The banks demand the check | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | exact | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | claim | ||
Mere specifikke termer | call, call in, command | ||
4. | demand (om kommunikation) lay legal claim to | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | claim | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | demand | ||
5. | demand (om kommunikation) summon to court | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cite, summon, summons | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | demand | ||
6. | demand (om kommunikation) ask to be informed of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I demand an explanation. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | bespeak, call for, quest, request | ||